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Old 02-19-2015, 12:05 PM   #1
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Question using the teminal command line in ubuntu 12.04 lts


Stupid question i know. I am trying to install some brother printer drivers and following the instructions it states that i must change to the directory where the file is stored by using the following command line "cd /home/(loginname)/downloads"

this comes back with unkown directory. When i use DIR the directory is there but it will not allow me to access it?

This has worked before. I have been using linux now for a few years and never had this problem before. It must be something stupid that I am doing.
 
Old 02-19-2015, 12:21 PM   #2
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Are you sure the directory name doesn't begin with a capital 'D'? Linux is case sensitive on the command line (and other places too)...
 
Old 02-19-2015, 12:34 PM   #3
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AAggghhh! of course. I can't believe i didn't think of that. Thank you for your help

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No problem, hope that's all it is.
 
  


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